Robert (Rob) Fornell Korean / Japanese Style Chawan / Tea Bowl

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Measures: 6” diameter, 3.5” high.Robert Fornell lives in Seattle. His artistic autobiography:"My ceramic journey began a number of years ago and it has taken me many places and brought me into contact with people whom, when it started, I never could have imagined meeting. Importantly an inward journey as well, ceramics teaches oneself about patience, perseverance, focus and the need to slow down in this hectic world we inhabit. The fire gives its lessons on humility, detachment and control as well with each unloading of the kiln. While the journey still continues on a daily basis with more work continually being created, I kindly invite you to spend a few moments in review of my “travels” so to speak, to see where I have been, and hopefully you may find a piece or two which resonates with you.Growing up in Minnesota where, via the influences of the many local potters, the climate for making pottery has a distinctly Japanese folk pottery or mingei air to it, I began my work in high school making “Japanese” inspired functional pots. As the years progressed my work turned to non-functional, and then, to purely sculptural concerns until my first trip to Japan in 1987 when the circle began to close. My residency there lasted from 1988 to 1996, and during that time I came to realize how deeply ceramics were imbedded in the culture via the tea ceremony, flower arranging, the various styles of regional cooking, etc. I became drawn to Japanese pottery such as Oribe with its painterly playfulness, to Shino, with its soft, rich textural surfaces, and to Shigaraki/Iga, with their truth to materials/process approach. More recently, via my interest in making wares for the tea ceremony, my attention has turned to Korean influenced work, specifically Hagi as well as Karatsu style ware. In contrast to Mingei style pottery where the artist tends to express himself consciously via decoration such as brushwork, I try to let my work carry more of a truth to materials approach taking the role of the enabler, rather than that of the creator. Coming from more of an abstract-expressionist approach, as well as consciously stepping back to let the materials speak for themselves, I look to find and use materials in a rawer state in hopes of allowing the clay and fire their voice. Although it may sound like an oxymoron, most of my work is completed unfinished, or in a state where hopefully the viewer/participant completes the work via the type of food or drink served or the flower arrangement created. This approach allows more interaction between pot and participant as well as allowing the various aspects of each pieces’ personality to emerge over time and with use."

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